blooming
blooming Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Producing or bearing open flowers; in full blossom.
"The botanical garden was filled with the sweet scent of blooming jasmine."
Flourishing in health, vigor, or youthful beauty; glowing.
"After a month in the countryside, she returned in blooming health."
British Used as a mild intensifier to express annoyance, frustration, or strong emphasis.
"It is a blooming miracle that we managed to catch the last train home."
• noun
The process or season of producing blossoms or coming into flower.
"The early spring warmth accelerated the blooming of the cherry trees across the valley."
In metallurgy, the process of rolling or hammering cast ingots of steel or iron into blooms.
"The factory modernized its heavy rollers to improve the efficiency of steel blooming."
• adverb
British To an extreme or annoying degree;used informally for emphasis before an adjective or adverb.
"You had better hurry up because it is blooming cold outside tonight."
Word Nuance & Usage
In informal British English, 'blooming' is used as a mild euphemistic intensifier (similar to 'bloody' or 'blessed') to express annoyance or emphasis, and must always appear before a noun or adjective rather than after a linking verb.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb 'bloom', which entered Middle English from the Old Norse noun 'blóm' meaning 'flower' or 'blossom', combined with the participial suffix '-ing'.